It was roughly the size of a dog, and I wondered if we brought dinosaurs out of extinction, would we have them as pets? Would they replace dogs? Cows? Would we have them in zoos? And in that instant, I had a vision of a girl running like mad to get the mail, gigantic dinosaurs hot on her heels, and the very first scene of Edge of Extinction was born.īrock: Can you tell us about Sky Mundy? Who is she? But amongst all those gigantic bones, I spotted one little dinosaur skeleton set off to the side. Laura: I took a quick trip to New York with my mom, and we spent an afternoon wandering around their Natural History Museum. After finishing the book I knew I wanted to reach out to Laura and do an interview, what I didn't know was that she too is a believer.īrock: What inspired you to write the Edge of Extinction series? Readers looking for something new and full of action, will want to get their hands on this. A unique and never before background to this story set it apart from the other middle grade books and series out there. Edge of extinction brings together two of my favorite types of stories post-apocalypticism and dinosaurs.

And then Jurassic Park the movie release and I further fell in love with Dinosaurs. I was the only second grader that could spell paleontologist. Growing up my room was full-on dinosaur, from the bedspread and curtains to the shelf of books and the toy box filled with dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs have always been an interest in mine. I knew that moment I had to have the book, I opened it up, read a few pages and was hooked. It was the giant Spinosaurus on the cover that stole my attention while I perused the bookshelves of my local bookstore.

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